Game of skill



F. L. HORSPOOL ET AL GAME OF SKILL Filed Nov. 29, 1926 Patented Nov. 22, 1927.

I UNITED STATES 1,650,215 PATENT OFFICE.

FRANCIS L. HORSPOOL AND SIDNEY CQRASMUSSEN, OF SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH, AS- l SIGNORS,V BY MESNE ASSIGNMENTS, OF TVO-THIRDS TO SAID HORSPOOL AND ONE- THIRD TO SAID RASMUSSEN.

GAME or SKILL.

Application filed November 29, 1926. Serial No. 151,354.

This invention relates to animprovement in a game of skill to be played in homes or .business houses.

The main object of this invention is to provide a game played with a rod and a ball,

whereby the ballis rolled back and forth on the rod and then dropped off the rod by the player thereof into a pocket below the rod.

The game'is played with one or more -ro'ds :and five or more balls.' In the speciiication to play the game.

Vith these and other objects in View the invention consists of certain novel features of construction as hereinafter fully described and claimed. y y

In the accompanying drawing forming a part of this specilication and in which oorresponding parts' are denoted by like reference characters, is'illust'rated the preferred form of embodiment of the invention capable of Acarrying the same intopracticalr operation, it being understood that the invention. is not necessarily limited4 thereto,` as various changes in the shape7 proportions and general assemblage of the parts may be'resorted to without departing` from the principles of the invention or sacrificing any of the advantages` and the right is therefore reserved for making all changes andinodifications which lwill fairly fall within the scope of the invention and claims made therefor.

Referring to the drawings:

Figure 1 is a front view of the invention with a vending or money receiving attachment thereon.

Fig. 2 is a side or end View of Fig. 1;

Fig. 3 is a view on line 3 3 Figs. 1 and'2. Fig. 4l is a side or end view of the invention showing only one row of pockets therein.

Fig. 5 is a view on line 5-5 Fig. l.

Fig. 6 is a view on line 6 6 Fig. 1 showing groove of the rod and ball resting therein.

The invention comprises a casing A the ends thereof having` a slot 2 or 2 therein and wvasher 7 on the other end.

` the pockets.

the front and back thereof has a glass face Y 3 and 3 thereon which is held in place by cleats l. A rod 5 is placed lthrough the slots 2 or 2 having a handle 6 on one end and a The rod .5 has a groove 3 therein in which a ball 9 Yis roller from one end of the 'rod tothe other end. The handle 6 and ,thewasher 7 prevent the rod being taken out of the slots.

Secured within the easing are a plurality of pockets 30. and 30 which are placed` yunder ftherod 5 in such a manner sol when ball 9 is dropped off the rod it will enter oneof the pockets.

At one side of the' casing is hinged a bottom 10and 10 for the pockets. On the side of the casing is placed ayvending money receiver B which may be of any standard make. lVhen they money receiver is used the slide 11 thereof has an arm 12 thereon which is pivotally' connectedto a ybell crank lever 13. The other end of the bell crank lever 13 is secured to one side of the bottom 1() Fig. 2. The bell crank lever 13 is fulcrumed at l14 v to the side of the casing. )This bell crank is only used when the money receiveris used. A lever 15 ris used for tripping the table when the game is played without the money receiver. l

` Projecting from the pockets areside walls 16 which` prevent theball falling past the table and also ,causesv the ball to roll into lone of the pockets if it should fall away from Below the pockets whenthe bottom is lowered to allow the ball to drop out of the pocket. lAft the outlet of the chute is placed a bin 18 in which the ball rollsto be taken out of the casing.`

In the operation andplaying of the game,

allow the balls to dropout of the pockets into the chute and then into the bin. They and within the casing I is placed a chute 17 in which the ball 9 falls -if played ina homefhandle 15 is raised to IUS such a manner that no two numbers of the same numeral will be in the same horizontal line. ln playing this Y game with these pockets a certain number is given, for illustration we will use the numeral Q5. In this case the player to win must drop a ball in all five pockets containing tlieiiumeral 5 which when added equals Q5. lt makes no difference what number is the total the ball must drop into a pocket in each row' to win. lf the ball should drop in a row that has another ball therein the second ball will not count of it does drop on to the same number.

ln the drawing Fig. 3 are shown iii/*e pockets horizontally and nine pockets longitudinally there may be many more pockets added according to the size of the gaine.

llVhen the gaine is played with the money slot thereon, a coin is placed into the slot 2O handle 2l is now moved to push the coin through the chute 22 and to move arm i2 which operates the bell crank lever to lower the bottom of the pockets so that all balls therein will diop out so the player can receive them and then the gaine is' played as above stated.

Having thus described the invention what we claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is;

l. A game of skill comprising a casing, a coin controlling slot on said casing, pockets within said casing, a gate for said pockets, means connected to said gate and lto said coin controlling slot for opening and Closing said gate, `a rod extending through said casing, said rod has a groove thereon, a ball to roll to and fro in said groove, said rod being rotatably, slidably and tiltably mounted within said casing, and means for holding said rod within said casing.

2. A game of skill comprising a casing,l :i coin controlled means secured to said casing, a rod extending through said casing having a groove thereon in which a ball is rolled, said rod being slida-bly, tiltably and rotatably mounted within said casing, pockets within said casing below, said ball to be dropped into one of said pockets when said rod is rotated, in the dropping of said ball it will fall` into one of said pockets, a gate to hold saidV ball within said pocket, means connected to said gate and to said coin controlled means for opening and closing said gate, said ball rolls Yfrom said pocket in the opening of said gate and means to allow said ball to roll from said casing. Y

3. A. game oi skill comprising a casing, a coin control secured to said casing, pockets within said casing into which balls are dropped7 a gate for holding said balls in said pockets, means connected to said gate and to coin control 'for opening said gate to allow said balls to ioll out of said pockets when a coin is dropped into said slots, means in said slot for ope ating said coin toopeii said gate, a rod extending through said casing having a groove thereon. said rod being slidably, tiltably and rotatably mounted in said casing. said balls to be rolled to and tro in said groove in the tilting of said rod and to be rolled out of said groove in the rotating of said rod and to fall into said pockets and means in said casing to allow said balls to pass out of said casing.

4e. A coin controlled game of skill comprising a casing, a slidably, tiltably and io` tatably rod mounted within saidcasing, said rod having a groove thereon'in which balls are rolled to and fro in the tilting tliei'eotl and to be dropped oit said rod when said rod is rotated and means for receiving said balls when said balls are dropped olir said rod all. substantiallyras set fort-h. f

5. A game of skill comprising a casing, a rod slidably tiltably and vrotatably mounted in vsaid casing and extending through said casing, said rod having a groove thereon in which balls are rolled in the tilting thereof, said casing has pockets therein and placed in such a manner that when balls are dropped oil said rod they will tall into a pocket, means for holding said balls in said pockets, means for letting the ballsl out of said pockets, and means for letting the balls out ot said casing. V

FRANCIS L. HORSPGQL. SDNEY C. RASMUSSEN. 

